I think I am doing pretty good...not as good as some.  I have lost 87.6lbs since the week before my surgery which was 12/15/07 and my surgery was on 12/22/07.  I really feel like I should be over the 100lbs marker by now.  But, my nutritionist and surgeon say I'm still doing good.  Not great, but good.  I still haven't "plateaued" knock on wood....so I still will lose about 1-2lbs per week.  Also, I have had NO, NONE, NEIN complications.  So, I wonder if that's why I am losing slightly slower than others. I have little to no dumping and I can eat anything....which is not good. but, luckily my pouch still helps me keep quantity in check.  if I try to overdo it, I feel it right away and it's no problem to stop.  even though I feel like it's a little slow, I am reassured knowing that at this pace I should still be under 200 by my surgiversary which makes me feel tons better! My first goal is to get to the 100lbs club and then second is to get under 200.  I feel like I'm on my way! 

ok. time for a checkin!

hi!

a little over 8 months. dec 18th was the day
i've lost 99 pounds since i began the program and 80 pounds since surgery. i guess i am a slower loser!. but i'll take it. i want to lose another 39 pounds, that will put me in the middle of a normal bmi........i would love to make that gol by my one year, but that is another 39 pounds to lose by dec 18. so i'm not sure my body is going to do that!.... as long as i keep going in the right direction i'm happy.....

i'm not real adventurous with my food choices, i tend to eat alot of the ssmae stuff. i guess i get a little nervous of stuff making me sick. i don't throw up and haven't gotten foamies since the very beginning

i'm like genisis, i have not shared about my wls to basicly anyone, i personally find it very personal and did not want to be under the magnifying glass......i certainly don't lie about it, i just don't get into any details......... " it's been alot of hard work, changing my eating plan, and working out regularly "..........people don't really question it to much really proabably cuz they have seen me go up and down like a yo yo through the years..........and they probably are saying"oh here she goes again".....lol

i've been losing hair. but i do have a ton of hair to begin with, but i'm looking forward to it stopping! nobody can actually tell i'm losing it, but i know kinda thing

i just found out from my surguen that i have to have my gallbladder out...... BUMMER~... first he was thinking it was an internal hernia. but now the test result are in  GALLBLADDER....ugggggggggg. very bad timing for me too with work...... i just keep shaking my haed and wishing it would all just go away, but i know it's not going to and these attacks will continue and proabbly get worse or more frequent....

i'm so happy to hear from a few of you that were in dec also!. keep up the hard work and post away! i like eharing about everyone from the month of december

I had surgery on 12/4 and am down 125lbs, only 3 lbs from goal. I am wearing a size 10/11 pants and a medium/large top. My skin is sagging terribly, especially at my arms and pouch area. In fact if I were to have some plastic surgery I am sure that I would be able to fit into a size 5 at largest, unfortunately my insurance won't cover it and I don't have that kind of money. I would much rather be this size with sagging skin than heavy so I am not complaining at all. I know that I look much better and I get compliments a lot and see men looking at me, which is a great feeling. I was exercising regulary before baseball season began for the boys and am now just getting back into it. I actually played church league softball this summer and had fun, although it was odd readjusting to my new body. I do not regret one day that I had this surgery, in fact it is just the opposite. My friend convinced me to join Match.com and I met an incredible man. The relationship is new but I see good things in the future, hopefully. There are lots of pictures on my page if you want to check them out.

Well, it is that time again. Time to share all of your successes, struggles, blessings, "wow" moments, and other random thoughts. We are all somewhere around 8 months post-op now. Hard to believe isn't it? I know I haven't been around much lately, but you know how the story goes: life just gets in the way. I'm just glad that RNY helped give me my life back! I hope everyone is doing well, staying on track, and moving closer to goal each and every day. I'm currently down 118 pounds since surgery. I'm running out of clothes What's a girl to do But trust me, I'm not complaining. I can't believe I tried on size 10 jeans a couple of weeks ago, and tada......they fit!!! Craziest part of it is, I couldn't bring myself to buy them. There's some type of weird disconnect between how I think of myself and what I see in the mirror. I still expect the sales lady to point me toward the plus size department. I'm starting to wonder if/when my mind will catch up with my body. That's probably my biggest issue right now, body image. I'm starting to notice the saggy skin issues more and more every day, but I focus on the exercise so that I'll be healthy and have some good muscle tone before embarking on the plastics journey. I have no doubt, there's a tummy tuck in my future. No real food issues to speak of. I'm one of those post-wlsers that can pretty much eat whatever. Of course, that doesn't mean I'm going to...lol After all, wouldn't that defeat the purpose? As some of you may remember, only one person close to me knows that I had this surgery. Well the fateful moment is getting closer. In about 2 months I will be seeing family members that I haven't seen in well over a year. I'm already starting to get nervous, anxious and excited about their reactions to the new me. I still have about 45 pounds to go, some days it seems like I'm never going to make it, but I just keep trying to remind myself that its only been 8 months. I have to force myself to see how far I've come rather than how much more I have to go. Okay, okay, okay......so, I've rambled on enough, now it's your turn...............

OMG. Wow - what a great and terrifying message thread. It was great because I am terrified of failing and it was so good to hear I am not alone in that. It was terrifying because I am from a small city in Canada where this surgery is extremely rare and I had no idea how many people gain the weight back. What a kick in the arse!. I have been drinking with meals and grazing. In the back of my mind I have been telling myself I had to get it in check however I don't think I realized how close to being on a very dangerous road I really was. Thank you for sharing your experience. Hopefully I will be able to learn from this and get back on track......